Meaning
My mother is eighty-two,
not so steady on her feet;
she falls now and then;
last week, in her driveway;
missed a step she said; she has
more of them now:
An Argument Against Cynicism
What surprises me more than a new
millipede species was discovered this week
in Los Angeles County is that anyone cares
enough about millipedes to look for them. Entomologists
may be the last true heroes.
Mockingbirds
My friend says she wants to shoot
the mockingbirds who infest the big tree
outside her window and sing all night.
Abecedarian for the Horses in a Trailer on Route 66
above the hood of this
beetle of a car, the sky
carries itself lightly. hugely. blue.
At the End
How can one ever begin at the end? —Death is regeneration at the end Waiz lives piety, prays five times
An Early Autumn Light that Unburies You
Image: “Bird Ascending the Fire” by Barbara Hageman Sarvis. “An Early Autumn Light that Unburies You” was written by Steven Pan for Rattle’s Ekphrastic Challenge, May 2024, and selected as the Editor’s Choice.